Amber Heard is telling me about winter in Paris, where she shot her latest film, “3 Days to Kill.”

“It was freezing, and let’s just say that my characters in general seem to have a lack of clothing — there is never enough clothing — and this film was no exception,” says the 27-year-old actress. “I had this amazing bodysuit and dresses made out of latex, but it was 20 degrees outside and bitterly cold. Nothing was enough,” she says and laughs.

I empathize with her, mentioning I had spent an icy-cold Christmas vacation walking around Paris.

“Have you ever done it in a latex dress?” she asks.

“No, but I don’t think I would look as good as you,” I note.

“Well, thank you for setting the bar so high up, but I’ll take it,” she jokes sweetly.

Touche. But there are few people on the planet who would look better than Heard in a latex dress.

Of course, while the actress has always been a magnet for the lens because of her beauty, as Johnny Depp’s fiancee, she is drawing even more attention these days. Questions about the relationship are off limits, and for this interview, she was not wearing the engagement ring that has previously been spotted on her finger.

In “3 Days to Kill,” the Texas native plays Vivi, a sort of strange guardian angel/ boss to Kevin Costner’s dying CIA agent; he has cancer.

Throughout the film, she seems to appear out of nowhere, always in another spectacular outfit. Since the film is from McG (“Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”) with a screenplay by French filmmaker Luc Besson (“Taken,” “Transporter”), you can expect a certain loopiness to the action-oriented thriller.

Originally, Heard thought the role of Vivi would be a classic villain, but that changed during filming.

“That’s the rewarding part about this industry. What you plan for, what you think will be can change shape, and she changed,” says the actress. “What I liked about Vivi is that she wasn’t bound by the physical world. She existed in her own world. No one has more fun than this character.”

The older of two girls, Heard left home outside of Austin at 16 for Hollywood. I tell her it sounds as if she was bound and determined to become an actress.

“It’s easy to be determined when your alternative is to be living in the middle of nowhere, going to a Catholic school in conservative Christian Texas,” she says.

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“It wasn’t so much about acting for me as it was about experience and travel. I’m just curious. I didn’t look or feel like anyone else there, and that’s saying something, because I look like a lot of people in Texas. But at my very core, I was different. I craved the experience. I craved something.”

Heard’s curiosity has given her a career in movies such as “Paranoia,” “The Rum Diary,” “Zombieland” and “Pineapple Express,” but she has also been outspoken about roles for women in Hollywood.

“I’m not telling you anything that everyone doesn’t already know. There is a real deficit of interesting and compelling roles for women,” she says.

“In this medium, we rely on collaboration. I don’t pick up my own paintbrush and canvas. I’m given a few colors, and I’m given parameters on which to paint.”

Heard says there are a lot of actresses around her age who are incredibly talented, but there are few platforms for them to display such talent.

“For women in my age range to find a character that isn’t just dependent on her sex appeal is damn near impossible. Those scripts are few and far between.”

The actress recently finished shooting “London Fields,” based on the darkly comic mystery by Martin Amis and is enthusiastic about her character. In it, she plays Nicola Six, a strange woman who has a premonition of her own murder (or has a death wish) and begins affairs with three men who might be the potential killers.

“She’s such an interesting enigmatic character. She’s a bit otherworldly, maniacal and manipulative. There is something truly dark about her. She’s empowered completely in her own world and kind of sucks everyone else into it. It’s one of the most difficult characters I’ve ever done.”

“London Fields” also stars Jim Sturgess and Billy Bob Thornton, and Depp has a cameo in it.

As its title suggests, the film was shot in England’s capital, not a bad follow-up to Paris.

As to where her next project will take her, she can’t say precisely yet.